** THE LOVE ETERNE: Enough to convince me that I don't need to see another Huangmei Opera. The two leads squeal and screech at each other in a tuneless fashion, leading one to wonder, hope and then pray that they'll annoy each other so much they spend the rest of the film in a bloody fight to the death (which, unfortunately, they don't).

Very successful flick which was the rage in Asia. In Taiwan, the flick played in theatres for over 180 straight days. Don't be fooled. There have been many movies based on the same story, but none of them can compete with Li Han Hsiang's piece.